Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastener.



A., DOBBS a R. KREES, Jn, MEMLLEG RAILWAY TIE AND BML PASTENER. AYPLLGAIHQN FILED TRES, 19M.

Patented Aug. L

UNITED sucres PATENT' onirica.

i JAMES A. DOBBS AND RICHARD KREBS, JR., OF OLIVE, CALIFORNIA.

METALLIC PeAIL'WAY-T-IE ANI) RAIL-FSTENEB.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES Dos and RICHARD Knees, Jr., both residing at Olive,

in the county of Orange and State of Caliy fornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway-Ties and Rail-Fasteners; and we do declare the following t-o be a clear., full, and. exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled irr'ithe art to which it appertains to make and use thc same, reference being had toI th'e accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application. 'L

'This invent-ion relates to improvements in railway equipment and particularly to the rail ties and fasteners therefor, the object of the invention being to produce a metallic tie provided with a positive fastener whereby the rails may he set in the position desired and at the same time fastened as securely therein as those spiked to wooden ties.

Further, we aim to produce a tic, which by reason of its shape,- will give the great-` est hearing 0n the rail at the outer ends of thetie where it is most needed and at the saine time prevent the track from becoming center-bound which is one great trouble nowl encountered in the construction of railways.

lVe also aim to shapethe tieso as to keep the track in perfect'alinement and provide the fastening in such a manner as to render it' impossible for the track to spread or become loosened to such a degree as to render it dangerous.

As is a well known fact, the supply of wooden ties is becoming` almost exhausted and thmeonstruction ot railroads will ref quire either concrete or metallic ties. Also the wooden yties deteriorale very rapidly whereby by the use ot' metallic ties, the life oli a railroad would be greatly extern-led and these advantages will also bc gained by the nsc of our device in addition to those enumerated above.

A further object ol:A the inventionis to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, wc accomplish bymeans o f Vsuch structure and relative arrangcn'ient of the parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the follo\\lnjr spccilicallon and claim.

On the drawings, similar characters of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February 3, 1914.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914. serial No. 316,149.

reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views. Y

Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improved tie and fastener showing the lrails in position thereon. F 2 is a side elefation of the'I same showin "the rails'in section. Fig. 3 is an enlarge top-plan view of A onecnd of the tie. Fig; 4' is a sectional view taken on a line X-X of Figf. ,Figp 5 is an enlarged view in section of one/end of the tie showing the method of securing-the rail to the tie. Fig. G is'a top plan view of a fastening wedge. Fig. 7 is a side elevation 'of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reterence'on the drawings, the numeral l designates the tie proper which is hollow and substantially trough shaped. The tie is enlarged at each end and its Sides slopejnwardly to give it a lesser width at the ceiiter as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The

@tie-is provided at each end with slotted f ,plates 2, the sides of which plates slope diagonally with respect to the center lines of the rails 3 and each plate is provided on cach side with an overhangii, 'flange 4. 'lhrouirh the bottom of each o the plates .5 on which the rails rest is provided a pair of elongated slots 5 and 6 for the purpose of receiving securing bolts as will presently appear.

The numeral 7 designates wedges adapted to he driven upon the slotted plates 2 and under the flanges 4- on each side of the rail and from opposite sides ofu the tie, which wedges engage the sides of the rail andthe sides of the slotted plates 2 to clamp the rail in fixed position.v By reason of the wedges this fixed position may be accurately determined to center the rail properly and then a holt t) is projected through each of the slots,I and through a bolt hole 8 in each wedge and similarly a bolt 10 is projected through each of the slots (l and a slot 11 in` of 100 The* e on- .ason of the position of the slots 6` readily be seen that we have produced such flanges of the rail and' on the Wedges is e strong metal washer 12, which Washers hold the rail and wedges in fixed position in the slotted plates 2. Y

xF rom the foregoing description it will Having thus described dur invention, vvhat We claunvas new and useful and' desire rto secure -by LettersPatent, is: Y

A device offthe character described com-y pris' Athe combination of a metallic tie4 I 4 provi edwith a. horizontal slotted plate at each end, a .rail disposed on each plate, the sides of said plates being 'disposed obliquely with l,respect-to the center lines of said rails,

an overhanglng iange on each side ofeech modes@ plete, a pair of elongated slots in the bottom of each. plate on each side of cach rail, a wedge projecting into each slotted plate on cach side of said rail and from opposite sides of said tie, each Wedge being provided with en elongated slot and a round orifice adapt? and f .igagingthe fiange of saidvrailand seidwcdgc, as described.

In testimony whereof vve eflix our signa-l tures in presence of witnesses.

JAMES A. DOBBS. y RICHARD KREBS, Jn.v Witnesses as to James A. Dobbs:

l PERCY S. WEBSTER,

S. CRADDICK. Vitnesses'as to Richard Krebs, Jr.: THoMns E. HUDSON,

H. A. MAsswv 

